Do you find clothes shopping so boring?

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Sometimes. I have a funky fashion sense and I love finding stores that cater to that different look I'm going for.

More like hard and stressful.

I don't really care much for clothes shopping. I never think to go (unless it's out of complete necessity) and when I do go, I get really overwhelmed by everything. For me, clothes shopping is a chore, not something I would consider doing for fun. And it also doesn't help that I don't have oodles of money to toss around.

I really, REALLY hate trying new clothes on in the stores, especially pants or outfits where I have to take all my clothes off. And if they don't fit or look right I have to get dressed all over again and go and look for something else to try on, which I almost never have the patience to do. Maybe it's the awful store lighting, but my old clothes always seem to looked faded and tattered in the dressing room and of course every superficial imperfection on my body is magnified. When my mother takes me clothes shopping I know I must be a pain in the butt because I complain about how bad all the clothes look, how bad they would look on me because I'm a not perfect-looking mannequin, or if she shows me something she thinks is good that I nearly always wrinkle my face in utter disgust.
But I'm not that good at shopping alone either. I usually feel confused and lost and would give anything to just run to the toy or video game section and blow my clothing money there.
And I DO to look down on women who have to own hundreds of pairs of shoes or purses. I mean, how many of those things does one person need, anyway??? And I think any women who willingly wears high-heels which cause pain and permanent damage to her feet is a brainwashed stereotype.

I love clothes shopping...it just stresses me out.

I have no female friends to go with and I'm rubbish at putting an outfit together so it's a pain trying to figure out what to buy to wear together, I end up running round to lots of different shops trying to decide so end up looking/feeling gross, I hate trying things on because A. the mirrors always make you look huge, B. there is no fixed sizes so when you're a size 12 and can't fit into a size 14 it's a bit upsetting, I have a lot of trouble with guilt as I'm too poor right now to afford much so have to weigh up 'ooh, it's pretty!' with 'I can't really afford that', all the other people giving you funny looks or getting in your way, the queues to pay always being so long...etc. etc.

But generally I'm a bit of a shopaholic, buying things cheers me up, it's just the whole experience of shopping when you've not much money, worried about your increasing waste-line, and have other people to deal with that's the problem.

I've never enjoyed it, but it's much worse now. I'm plus sized and my friends are not, so if I go shopping with them, there's nothing for me and I feel even more conspicuous and uncomfortable.

I hated it back when I used to dress like a girl.
Now I dress like a boy. Much better!
Girls clothes are ridiculous! Stupid frilly junk. Pink! Dazzles! Even glitter. Never looks good, well, rarely.
I wear mens dress shirts, casual dress, jeans, belts.
And make up.
And you know what? It looks really flippin' good!
Kinda Annie Lennox~ish, but way hotter 'cause I'm way cuter.

I would like clothes shopping much more if clothes grew on trees.
I would go to a quiet forest where the clothes trees grew and listen to the birds singing.
I'd try out the clothes in a hollowed out tree and tree and leave my money on the grass.
Or I'd pay for the clothes using berries that I'd gathered. I wouldn't have to deal with anyone at the till or anyone irritatingly tapping me on the shoulder asking if I was lost.

It'd be much less stressful that way.

I also wouldn't have an awful headache afterwards from listening to that awful Muzak.
The fresh air and exercise would also do me a lot of good.

I'd smell the flowers and look for mushrooms too.
I'd see squirrels and wildlife.

It would be so much more peaceful.

I'd have to go on a sunny day though: I'd get a bit wet if it rained.

I've always liked the idea of shopping, but I've hated the crowded urban reality of it.

I find clothes shopping in a store frightening and humiliating.

I find the enlarged airbrushed photographs of "perfect" people disturbing. I feel like they're looking down on me. I know consciously that I'm silly to get worked up about photographs, but my subconscious mind tells me to RUN! Their eyes seem to follow me around the room. Their eyes silently say to me: "You aren't like us. You aren't perfect like us. You don't deserve to be here. Go away."

This is stupidly paranoid of me. I know they aren't really alive, but I shudder just looking at them. The photographs of women on packets of undergarments and socks give me the heeby-jeebies. I find that I cannot look at them without becoming anxious. I am frightened that the women in the photographs will start being sarcastic towards me or will wrinkle up their noses with disgust because I'm not as perfectly and unnecessarily manicured as they are. I never wanted to be perfect anyway.

I find the mannequins very spooky also.

I become disorientated and confused in the crowds. I often can't tell who is real and who is not in this environment.

Go on. Laugh if you must.
This is why I hardly ever go clothes shopping.



Shopping for clothes is much more daunting for me than going to the haunted house at the fun fair. At least that experience was fake and not crowded.

No laughing here, though I get that "we're better than you" feeling more from the salespeople. I do most of my shopping online these days.

I like clothes shopping when it comes to collecting things for a cosplay or getting a new bathing suit. Other than that, I find it a bit more monotonous.

I hate shopping for clothes and usually only go if I'm looking for something very specific. Right now I need to go buy blue jeans but I've been putting it off because I hate trying on clothes.
I do not understand actually deriving pleasure from shopping for clothes - although there are some thrift stores that have interesting items of clothing that sometimes pique my interest.....hmmmmm.........

However, I will go shopping for books all day long!! !! !! ! Music too!! !!

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